Ms. Smith Cold World Era Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cold War | Fighting without violence just with words |
| Dates of Cold War | After WWII |
| Participant on Cold War | United States & Soviet Union |
| Why did it start | They were in a competition to show who had the must influence in the world |
| Containment Policy | To stop spreading Communism |
| Truman Doctrine | Promise aid to people stuggling to resist threats to democratic freedom |
| Marshall Plan | Help to rebuild Europe <3! |
| Nato | (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Alliance United States, Canada, and 10 western Europe nations |
| Berlin Airlift | moving supplies into West Berlin by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949 |
| Dates of Berlin Airlift | 1948-49 |
| Causesof Berlin Airlift | Stalin hoped to forces the western powers to abandon the city |
| U.S Actions | Approving a huge airlift of food and equipment into the city |
| Results | Germany had been divided into East Germany (Communist) and West Germany ( Democratic) |
| Red Scare After WWII | A growing number of Americans feared that communism would gain more powerful |
| Rosenbergs | Member of the American Communist party were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Russians |
| HUAC | Began Targeting Americans for suspected communist activities |
| Korean War | Conflict between North Korea & South Korea lasting for 3 years (1950-53) United States and UN contries fought on the side of South Korean and China fought on the side of the North Korean |
| Dates | June 1950-53 |
| Causes | Communist of the North Korea wanted to Control all Korea |
| Participants | China, Unites States, Soviet Union |
| U.S. Action | North and South Korea, US & UN, China and Soviet Union |
| Results | North Korean remained communist south Korea remained Democracy |
| McCarthyism | A Republican senator from Wisconsin the term McCarthyism came to stand for reckless charges against innocent people |
| Arms Race | A competition between United States and USSR to see who will be the leader in the world with the most deadly weapons |
| Space Race | Soviet Union send stunned the world by launching the 1st space satellite |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | United States and the Soviet Union almost went to war because of the soviets had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| Dates of Cuban Missile Crisis | October 1962 |
| Causes | Fidel Castro believed the US planned another attack on Cuba |
| Participants of Cuban MC | Cuba, Soviet Union, US |
| US Actions | Blockade cuba and Keep barging with Soviet Union |
| Results | The Soviet agreed to remove all the missiles |
| Vietnam War | a war in which the U.S. helped the government of South Vietnam in its struggle with the communist government of North Vietnam |
| Dates Of Vietnam War | 1954-75 |
| Participants of Vietnam War | Laos & Combodia |
| Ho Chi Minh | Leader Of Vietnam ( He wanted Communist) |
| Viet Cong | Communist Revel group in South Vietnam |
| Ngo Dihn Minh | Leader of South Vietnam ( Anti- Communist ) |
| Geneva Accords | Peace agreement between France and Ho Chi Minh. Divided vietnam in communist ( North ) and Anti- Communist ( South ) |
| DMZ | (Demilitarized) Dived Vietnam into South and North along the 17 parallel |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | Send Soldiers and Supplies along a networks path |
| Domino Theory | if one country is communist all contrys, The political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control. |
| Escalation | US Sending more attack ant the # are increasing more and more |
| Search and Destroy Missions | US Attacked South Vietnam by sending bombs to there villages |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Give the power to use military forces in vietnam |
| Vietnamization | Gradually withdrawing US forces and turning the ground fighting over to the South Vietnam |
| Tet Offensive | A Surprise Attack. Tet-ins vietnamese New Year Viet Cong launched a major surprise attack |
| American Morale | Their Morale Was Low. They Tought America Would not Win |
| Doves | Opposed the War |
| Hawks | Agree with the war |
| Kent State Shooting | 4 Students anti War protestor are Killed when the national guard opers fire |
| Walter Cronkite | 1st Person to tell America that they weren't winning |
| Withdrawal and Results | On Jan 27, 1973 the USA & South Vietnam signed a agreement with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong |
| 26th Amendment | A law for voting age 18-21 years old |
| War Powers Act | Limits the presidents war making Powers |
| OPEC | Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries |
| SALT | The strategy Arms limitation treaty, a treaty signed in 1972 between the United Stares and the Soviet |
| Camp David Accords | In 1979 under agreements, Egyptand Israel signed peace treaty that ended 30 years of Conflict |
| Iran Hostage Crisis | November 4th, 1979 group of iranias over the America embassy in Iran's Capital of American Hostage |
| Iran Contra Affair | in 1986 the US gov sold weapons sold weapons to Iran for help |
| Persian Gulf War | 1990-91, the United States and the UN drove Iraq out of Kuwait, a country the iraquis had invade in 1990 |
| Who Build the Berlin Wall? | Communist People |
| Why was it build the Berlin Wall? | To dived Germany into weast and East |
| How and why did it come down the Berlin Wall? | People broke it Down |
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